How to Put Yourself and Friends in a Comic Strip

39 Responses (Add) | Thursday, March 13th, 2008 at 12:45am

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I have always loved comic strips. However, there’s a problem. I cannot draw! Thankfully, I found BitStrips online. I can now easily create my own comics… for free! Bwana joined me on this video, and let me create “him” in cartoon form! Feel free to add me as a friend and use me in your own comic strip.

Imagination. The creator of a Bitstrips comic must have an imagination, to be able to create weird and wonderful comics. This imagination will help them to design new and different comics that are different than all the others. Without this key feature, the comics you create will probably be dull and boring, getting you no laughs or good comments.
Characters. Once you have taken the plunge and created a Bitstrips account, you will want to waste no time in making yourself some characters. I think it’s a good idea to create a lot of different characters, so that you can include new ideas quickly and easily. I also think that each character should have a main focal difference to the other characters you have created. This could range from a hat to a beard or maybe the hair style. Just remember to keep your characters cool, different and original.
Good story. This might seem an obvious point. Some people take too much time making new characters and giving them good poses and props. They then forget to make their comic funny and witty. A good idea would be to test it out on your friends and family before publishing your comic strip. This way you can gauge their reaction, and get feedback on possible improvements, prior to uploading it to the Internet.
Respect. I think this is one of the most important points. You must respect other people in your comics. There is no point in putting racially offensive content in your comic. No one will find it funny, and you will probably have your account banned. It’s best to keep your comics nice and clean.
Last but not least… enjoy yourself. That’s the whole point of making comics. You must enjoy yourself. If you follow these tips and have the same passion for comics that Chris and I both have, you will no doubt have a lot of fun on this site.

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39 Comments

Vorbisis

March 12th, 2008
at 6:08pm

o.o cool

bmdposse

March 12th, 2008
at 6:15pm

That is a great site.

GreeVen

March 12th, 2008
at 6:36pm

Nice haha ;)

AccordionManiac

March 12th, 2008
at 7:38pm

Oh, bitstrips is very new! Well done to them

leedoesyt

March 12th, 2008
at 8:05pm

Awesome, Im going to try it out

ariesram74

March 12th, 2008
at 8:25pm

I am addicted to BitStrips!

Bobertoq

March 13th, 2008
at 1:33am

this sounds fun. off i am to bitstrips!

IceflowStudios

March 13th, 2008
at 3:36am

I’ve been playing with BitStrips for a few days. Really cool service, great customization. The website design is sub par, but, oh well.

MasterTutorial

March 13th, 2008
at 5:33am

Looks good, I’ll try this later for my website.

AlleySlayer

March 13th, 2008
at 6:46am

Oh, this is the best new website I’ve seen in a long time. I am going to have lots of fun with this and it looks so easy to use. Thank you Chris for sharing this to us!

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March 13th, 2008
at 8:46am

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Surferwoman

March 13th, 2008
at 8:53am

THE BEATwrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I have always loved comic strips. However, there’s a problem. I cannot draw! Thankfully, I found BitStrips online. I can now

Gary (Tuxedojericho)

March 13th, 2008
at 12:47pm

BitStrips is a great site. I mean, you can do a lot of things with it.

So many possibilities, and sooooooooooo much comedy. I can be creative and not be looked at like a fool.. Well, I am looked at like a fool, but hey..

eNorby

March 13th, 2008
at 1:15pm

Wow great site :)
I was getting really bored, but you found me a ne hobby :P
Thanks a lot :D

BananasWithThat

March 13th, 2008
at 1:32pm

Yay one of my strips got in editors picks. I make apple strips. im Alex Zandi

Afrothunder

March 14th, 2008
at 3:56am

hey chirs i dig comics just like you. But also just like you i cant draw if it saved my life.i definitely agree with you that bitstrips has a lot of problumes to work out. But i like it so far. Cant wait to see whats to come. They probly got flooded with more trafic when you did the video then they ever had
~thanks afro.

CrAzYHoSt

March 14th, 2008
at 9:27am

It seems that there is alot of creativity going around the net. Before it was hard to express creativity using internet apps, but now it seems that Talent, and creativity is floating everywhere. Great things are ahead for the net, guaranteed.

- CrAzYHoSt

ohmahgaw246

March 14th, 2008
at 1:23pm

Good times! This is a great site if you wanna make a quick little comic to show to your friends. Saves a lot of the time of drawing, formatting, etc. I’ll be sure to pass this along to a few people as I’m sure they will get a lot of use out of it.

Medawen042

March 14th, 2008
at 7:48pm

I signed up, and I like this. I think if we have more social sites like this so that people who have talent can share over the internet and entertainment is provided for everyone. Imagine someone with a lot of talent, only locally exposed. Sites like this, then everyone knows. Instant Success.
Way to go Chris! Keep promoting this stuff!

kosta224

March 15th, 2008
at 3:50am

lol, ive only watched a few seconds of this video, but nice USB coffee mug warmer.

Lucas Dos Santos

March 15th, 2008
at 7:40am

Cool I just checked out Bitstrips and have made two comics already. One is including you. I like your comics. They’re funny and have some technology included. By the way, I sent you a friend request. I hope you check out some of my comics. My name on Bitstrips is Gtwosaints. Here’s a link to the comic I created about you. No offense to you, I was just making a joke. http://www.bitstrips.com/read.php?comic_id=8530&feed=a_x

Lucas Dos Santos

March 15th, 2008
at 7:42am

Sorry for posting the link. I meant to post the embed link, well anyway here it is

MyselfAgain

March 15th, 2008
at 9:55am

I absolutely love comics! (I’m a daily visitor of the Questionable Content comic’s site)

Thank you for showing us how to make these quick and easy comics! I’ll have to find a way to show my friend’s QC fanart she made of one of my book characters. (Too bad youtube is so link unfriendly…)

Keep it up!

~Avi

eatsalot

March 15th, 2008
at 12:14pm

hey chris this is really cool i just joined up today and its great the only problem is you can’t make your own props if you could it would be great to create your own props good bwana

Acehydro06

March 15th, 2008
at 4:16pm

Hey Chris, I tryed this site out when it was still in beta and I found it to be alot of fun! It takes awhile to get used to it and to try all features but all in all its a great site.

Troy Wong

March 15th, 2008
at 4:45pm

i really thought that was cool. making bwana. well i always love drawing and then i would love to make comics. so thank was so cool for you to do that now im going to make my own comic book. thanks chris.

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